bipolar disorders - episode

• bipolar disorder - formerly called manic depression, is a mental health condition that causes extreme mood swings that include emotional highs (mania or hypomania) and lows (depression).
• hypomania - same as mania but around 4 days or less
• cyclothymic disorder

  • for at least 2 years (at least 1 year in children and adolescents) there have been numerous periods with hypomanic symptoms that do not meet criteria for a hypomanic episode and numerous periods with depressive symptoms that do not meet criteria for a major depressive episode.
  • less severe and less lasting symptom than BD
• bipolar II disorder

  • depressive episode required
  • can be mixed with hypomania
• Bipolar I disorder

  • at least one episode of mania or mixed,
  • depressive episode not required,
  • can be more severe
• major depressive

  • five (or more) of the symptoms have been present during the same 2-week period and
  • represent a change from previous functioning; at least one of the symptoms is either (1) depressed mood or (2) loss of interest or pleasure
  • episodic
  • With a gap of at least 2 months between them.
• mania

  • distinct period of abnormally and persistently elevated, expansive, or irritable mood and
  • abnormally and persistently increased goal-directed activity or energy, "lasting at least 1 week" and
  • present most of the day, nearly every day